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The early morning of the wake of Diego Maradona, who died yesterday at the age of 60, at the Casa Rosada, the seat of the Argentine government in Buenos Aires, was well attended. From the start at 6 am with confusion, the ceremony began to have a crowd singing for the Argentine idol during the waiting time in the long line that formed around the Casa Rosada.
The fans adapted a song from the stands to honor jersey 10. “Diego is a feeling that I can’t explain,” the Maradona fans sang. The fans did not miss the opportunity to make fun of Pelé, the Argentine star’s greatest rival. “Maradona is bigger than Pelé” is another song that is heard a lot in the Casa Rosada.
The country’s president, Alberto Fernández, also appeared to pay tribute around 11:26 am. Wearing a protective mask against the coronavirus, Fernández greeted and even took photos with some fans who flocked to an area determined by the authorities.
Inside the assembly hall, the president was moved and placed an Argentinos Juniors jersey, Maradona’s first professional team, on the Argentine’s coffin.
Before Fernández put on the Argentine jersey Juniors, or The former player’s coffin was already covered with an Argentine flag and two shirts: one from Boca Juniors, a club where he is an idol, and another from the national team. At the foot of the coffin, fans threw T-shirts, flags and flowers at Maradona. They can say goodbye to the idol until 4 in the afternoon today.
Diego Maradona’s coffin has an Argentine flag and shirts of the Argentine team and Boca Juniors
Image: Juan MABROMATA / Argentine Presidency / AFP
Just at the inauguration of the wake, an uproar with confusion began between the fans of the former player and some policemen in the Plaza de Mayo, in front of the Casa Rosada. The daily Olé said that one person was injured.
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, groupings were also registered, but the situation normalized minutes later. The confrontation took place after some fans invaded an area blocked by the police. The queue to stay ten seconds in front of Maradona’s coffin passes five hours.
A group of infectious disease specialists interviewed by the newspaper La Nación warned of the risk of crowds at Maradona’s wake due to covid-19. Casa Rosada employees work with alcohol gel, and fans also have access to alcohol gel before seeing Maradona’s coffin.
The ceremony at the Casa Rosada is considered a great honor in Argentina. The last personality veiled in the place was former president Néstor Kirchner, in 2010.
An Argentine fan spoke with him Twitter about what it was like to say goodbye to Maradona. He spent about three hours in line. “It was very exciting. I came with my son, whose name is Diego. It’s a very sad day, we never expected it, ”he said.
Burial
Maradona’s body will be buried today in the Jardim da Paz cemetery, located on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. The location is in the Bella Vista neighborhood and it is the same where the bodies of the former player’s parents are buried.
The family decided to change the date of the burial, which could happen at the end of the week, this morning.
Death
Maradona died after suffering a cardiorespiratory arrest at his residence in Tigre, a neighboring city of Buenos Aires. The preliminary report of the autopsy carried out yesterday (25) showed a picture of acute heart failure. The final analysis will be released in 48 hours.
The Argentine star’s health is precarious since the beginning of the month, when he was operated on for a subdural hematoma and then, by family and medical decision, he remained hospitalized for “bad mood, anemia and dehydration” and a condition of withdrawal due to alcohol addiction .
The former player was discharged two weeks ago and spent his last days at home, accompanied by nurses 24 hours a day.
Faced with health problems, the world champion worked as a gymnastics and fencing coach in La Plata.
